The Reckoning : Ford, Nissan, and the Decline of American Industry.
Title:
The Reckoning : Ford, Nissan, and the Decline of American Industry.
Author:
Halberstam, David.
ISBN:
9781453286104
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (1734 pages)
Contents:
Intro -- Cover -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- PART ONE 1 -- 1. Maxwell's Warning -- 2. Amaya Surveys the Oil Age -- 3. Detroit's Bleak Winter of 1982 -- PART TWO -- 4. The Founder -- 5. The Destroyer -- PART THREE -- 6. The Victor -- 7. The Banker -- 8. The Turning Point -- 9. The Crushing of Masuda -- PART FOUR -- 10. Tough Little Rich Boy -- 11. The Whiz Kids -- 12. Ford Goes Public -- 13. The Quiet Man -- PART FIVE -- 14. The Gaijin Teachers -- 15. The Engineer -- 16. The First Victory -- 17. Deming Finds an Audience -- PART SIX -- 18. Henry Kaiser Tries Detroit -- 19. The Organizer -- 20. The Mustang -- 21. The Rivals -- PART SEVEN -- 22. The Statue -- 23. The Boss -- 24. The Pioneer -- 25. The Liberation of Yutaka Katayama -- 26. The Emperor Shioji -- PART EIGHT -- 27. War and Oil -- 28. Henry Ford Besieged -- 29. The Alienated -- 30. Citizen Nader -- 31. Datsun Saves -- 32. The Struggle at the Top -- 33. Big Cars Again -- 34. A Vacancy at Chrysler -- PART NINE -- 35. The Arrivistes -- 36. Greathouse in Tokyo -- PART TEN -- 37. A Man of the System -- 38. Hard Times Come Home -- 39. The Fall of a Free Trader -- 40. Amaya Ends an Era -- PART ELEVEN -- 41. The Defection of Marvin Runyon -- 42. The Hammer and the Nail -- 43. A Grateful Worker -- 44. Bonus Time Again -- 45. The Scion -- 46. The New American Hero -- PART TWELVE -- 47. The Raiders -- 48. OPEC Unravels -- 49. The Upstarts -- 50. The Jobs Depart -- 51. Instant Replay: The Rise of Korea -- 52. The Venerables -- 53. The Reckoning -- 54. The Past Becomes the Future -- Author's Note -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- A Biography of David Halberstam -- Copyright.
Abstract:
Told with panoramic detail and gripping insight, The Reckoning is the inside story of automakers Ford and Nissan-and the collapse of America's industrial supremacy After generations of creating high-quality automotive products, American industrialists began losing ground to the Japanese auto industry in the decades after World War II. David Halberstam, with his signature precision and absorbing narrative style, traces this power shift by delving into the boardrooms and onto the factory floors of the America's Ford Motor Company and Japan's Nissan. Different in every way-from their reactions to labor problems to their philosophies and leadership styles-the two companies stand as singular testaments to the challenges brought by the rise of the global economy. With intriguing vignettes about Henry Ford, Lee Iacocca, and other visionary industrial leaders, The Reckoning remains a powerful and enlightening story about manufacturing in the modern age, and how America fell woefully behind. This ebook features an extended biography of David Halberstam.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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